Saturday, September 29, 2012

Characters.....

OK, so there are a couple of characters who are starting to appear pretty regularly on this blog who have not yet been anointed with an official nickname and it's time for that to change....

For those of you who might not read this nonsense regularly (and who could blame you!) the regular characters all have nicknames. These are allocated by me (although I take suggestions) and are not meant to be insulting, but are also certainly not meant to be exactly kind either! They often arise from some stupid activity, an idiosyncracy (did I spell that correctly?) or character quirk. By way of example, Coach Stacey is "The Puppeteer"; my lovely wife is "She Who Must Be Obeyed" (or SWMBO) and we have numerous others such as Compass, Snitch, The Dominatirx, The Rabbit, The Beast etc....

So now it's time to announce names for Brian and Beth....

First up in Brian. Man this was a hard one. How do you come up with a nickname for Mr. Wonderful? :-) (actually, maybe it should have been "Mr. Wonderful"!). He's a great guy; a speedy fast triathlete (and getting faster by the day); he's a good looking single dude (have you ever seen him and Tom Brady in the same room?), my kids love him (he spent hours helping my eldest to surf earlier this year).... God I hate him!

The nickname suggestions have poured-in for Brian, but somehow I couldn't bring myself to bring-up his personal grooming habits (thanks for the laughs though Compass!) or base his nickname on his Adonis-like chiseled body (thanks to the rest of the swooning ladies), so instead this one is based on his relative youth compared to the rest of us; his single guy lifestyle and the fact that he probaly only changes his underwear once a week (surely he must have some faults?). Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you...

Fratboy!

Fratboy in his natural element.....

....and slaying the Mahi Mahi!

Now it's on to Beth. What can you say? She looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but she has a wickedly dry sense of humor and a great "potty mouth" while pounding the pedals for 50 miles. Part Southern bell, part Texas redneck! :-) I probably shouldn't say too much as she's much fitter than me and will probably kick my tail next time we get to train together!

Beth was, for a while, under the grave misapprehension that she could lobby for he own nickname.... "Fashionstar"?... yeah, like that'sgoing to happen!

So what to call a fast, coffee-loving, salmon burger pounding, funny, potty-mouthed lawyer?

It all became clear the evening before the White Lake International race a few weeks back as everyone was sitting around the grill telling stories.....

.... I felt for sure that we were being invaded by a herd of wild pigs or that, perhaps, White Lake was hosting an international cocaine sniffing convention, but no..... that weird noise permeating the still lakeside air was Beth laughing, so, ladies and gentlemen, I give you....